TROMS CAPELLA has arrived to Norway after a successful transit from GOA and is being prepared for new missions in the North Sea. Troms Offshore Management AS received their latest vessel from the shipyard in Cochin, India. The ship, a platform supply vessel (PSV),will this autumn start operating in
Miclyn Express Offshore (“MIO”) announces the purchase of three new Offshore Support Vessels (“OSV’s”). A Seismic Support Vessel (“SSV”) has been purchased against a 3 year firm contract in Indonesia commencing in August 2011 and including 5 x 1 year extension options. Two newly built Multi Purpose
A glut of oil tankers competing for Middle East crude has expanded as demand for the vessels has slowed. There are 23 per cent more very… (eximin) [mappress] Source: eximin, August 18, 2011.
SinOceanic III AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of SinOceanic Shipping ASA(“SinOceanic”) has entered into Memorandum of Agreement to purchase one VLCS of 13,100 TEU container capacity from Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, Geneva (“MSC”). The vessel will be constructed and delivered by Hyundai Heavy I
T.O.S. Transport & Offshore Services announce the delivery of five tugs for Svitzer. For many years now Svitzer is using our ship delivery services to great satisfaction, which resulted in this contract for the delivery of five tugs in 2011. The tugs are newbuilds from China (Qingdao) and all go to
Spanish builder Astilleros Armón recently delivered one tug boat powered by two MAN 7L27/38 four-stroke engines and is close to delivering another powered by two similar 9L27/38 engines. The vessels are bound for separate companies of the Italian ‘Ocean Group’. The first project involved the constru
An 8,000-tonne section of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier begins a 600 mile journey from Glasgow to a shipyard in the north of Scotland to be assembled. The mid-section of hull, known as “lower block 03″, is the first part of the £2.6bn HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to g
Two days ago, on August 15, the 57000t bulk carrier(CIS57000/B-06) built by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. smoothly drew out from No.3 outfitting quay for sea trial. The ship has been included in the delivery plan as the twelfth ship to be delivered this year, which is also the third ne
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad has been awarded by MISC Berhad two contracts amounting to RM952 million (approx USD 319.1 million) for topsides fabrication, marine repair and conversion of two energy vessels. The first is an EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commi
The new $68-million Grand Manan ferry remained off its run Tuesday due to a mechanical failure involving the docking equipment. It’s unclear when the Grand Manan Adventure will be back in service, but Murray Ryder, the general manager of Coastal Transport, hopes it will be some time Tuesday after so
On August 16 the sixth vessel out of 10 multipurpose bulk carriers under RSD-44 project for Volga Shipping Company was launched at Okskaya shipyard (Navashino, Nizhegorodskaya region). Vessel was called “Captain Kadomtsev”. Ten river self-propelled vessels of RSD-44 project are being constructed at
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, won several orders for a total of $200 million from Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Keppel FELS and Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd., to supply equipment 23 new Jack-Up and DP drilling vessels and one FPSO to be executed in South-Ko
On August 10, 2011, two new ships built by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. moved away from No. 3 outfitting quay for sea trial. At 14:55 P.M. that day, the fifteenth 57300T bulk carrier (Hull No. CIS 57300-18) for China shipping development Co., Ltd. tramp. Co. drew out from No. 1 quay b
Cathelco are supplying hull corrosion protection and marine pipework anti-fouling systems for the Europa II, a cruise ship which is to be built for Hapag Lloyd Cruises at the STX yard in St Nazaire. The new ship which is scheduled to enter service in 2013 will have 258 cabins and a maximum passenger
